How to create a 301 Redirect * Search Engine Friendly Method * Change Page URLs with 301 redirects * Permanently moved to a new location * Can remove canonical issues(redirects to only www.domain.com) – webmaster can also be used to solve it * Google understand these (www.abc.com and abc.com) as a different URL. * Google recommends using a 301 redirect to change the URL of a page as it is shown in search engine results www.gsesoftsolutions.com A Tech Blog Twitter: @GSESoftSolution My Facebook Page@gsesoftsolutions

1. How to create a 301 Redirect
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2. 301 Redirect
• Search Engine Friendly Method
• Change Page URLs with 301 redirects
• Permanently moved to a new location
• Can remove canonical issues(redirects to only
www.domain.com) – webmaster can also be used to
solve it
• Google understand these (www.abc.com and abc.com)
as a different URL.
• Google recommends using a 301 redirect to change the
URL of a page as it is shown in search engine results

3. Client Request
• GET /index.php HTTP/1.1 Host:
www.example.org
• HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Location:
http://www.example.org/index.asp
Server Response

4. Redirect to www using htaccess
redirect
• RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1
[r=301,nc]

5. Redirect Old Domain to New Domain
using 301 Redirect
• RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*)
http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

6. Ruby on Rails Redirect
• def old_action
headers["Status"] = "301 Moved Permanently"
redirect_to "http://www.new-domain.com/"
end

7. JSP (Java Server Pages) Redirect
• <%
response.setStatus(301);
response.setHeader( "Location",
"http://www.new-domain.com/" );
response.setHeader( "Connection", "close" );
%>

8. CGI PERL Redirect
• $q = new CGI;
print $q->redirect("http://www.new-
domain.com/");

9. ASP(Active Server Pages) Redirect
• <%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader
"Location","http://www.new-domain.com/"
%>

10. PHP(Hypertext Preprocessor) Redirect
• <?
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently"
);
Header( "Location: http://www.new-
domain.com" );
?>

11. ColdFusion Redirect
• <.cfheader statuscode="301"
statustext="Moved permanently">
<.cfheader name="Location"
value="http://www.new-domain.com">

12. IIS Redirect
• Start > Program > Administrative Tool > Go to
Internet Service Manager
• Right click on the file or folder which you need
to redirect
• Select a title named ‘redirection to a url’
• Enter the name of the page
• Check the both the checkbox ‘A permanent
redirection for this resource’ and ’exact url
entered above’ and click on apply

13. Check this Dialog Box

14. ASP.NET Redirect
• <script runat="server">
private void Page_Load(object sender,
System.EventArgs e)
{
Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
Response.AddHeader("Location","http://www
.new-domain.com");
}
</script>

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